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Discovery about the edge of fusion plasma could help realize fusion power
May 25, 2020 (SPX)
Among the first-of-a-kind findings has been the discovery that accounting for the turbulent fluctuations in the magnetic fields that confine the plasma that fue...
Skoltech scientists show a promising solid electrolyte is 'hydrophobic'
May 20, 2020 (SPX)
Although renewable energy sources attract much interest all over the world due to green technologies and high conversion efficiency, their integration remains a...
Electrons break rotational symmetry in exotic low-temp superconductor
May 20, 2020 (SPX)
This "electronic nematicity" - the discovery of which is reported in a paper published on May 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - may pro...
Surrey unveils fast-charging super-capacitor technology
May 15, 2020 (SPX)
In a paper published by the journal Energy and Environmental Materials, researchers from Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) revealed their new technol...
Coordination polymer glass provides solid support for hydrogen fuel cells
May 14, 2020 (SPX)
Hydrogen fuel cells are fed hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water as their only by-product. These fuel cells contain 'proton conducting membran...
Supercapacitor promises storage, high power and fast charging
May 06, 2020 (SPX)
"Manganese oxide is definitely a promising material," said Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics and faculty member in ...
New Princeton study takes superconductivity to the edge
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
The superconductor that the researchers studied is also a topological semi-metal, a material that comes with its own unusual electronic properties. The finding ...
Researchers tackle a new opportunity to develop high-energy batteries
Apr 29, 2020 (SPX)
At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Maryland, scientists may have found...
A leap in using silicon for battery anodes
Apr 29, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have come up with a novel way to use this promising but problematic energy s...
Scientists explore the power of radio waves to help control fusion reactions
Apr 29, 2020 (SPX)
This challenge requires controlling magnetic islands, bubble-like structures that form in the plasma in doughnut-shaped tokamak fusion facilities. These islands...
Next-generation batteries take major step toward commercial viability
Apr 29, 2020 (SPX)
A group of researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has found a way to stabilize one of the most challenging parts...
Superconductivity: It's hydrogen's fault
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
However, it soon became apparent that these initially spectacular results from Stanford could not be reproduced by other research groups. TU Wien (Vienna) has n...
KIST develops high-performance ceramic fuel cell that operates on butane gas
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that Dr. Son Ji-Won's research team at KIST's Center for Energy Materials Research had developed ...
A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
Some components of electronic devices, including batteries, light-emitting diodes (known as LEDs) and computer microprocessors, generate heat during operation. ...
Microwaves power new technology for batteries, energy
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
Purdue University researchers created a technique to turn waste polyethylene terephthalate, one of the most recyclable polymers, into components of batteries. "...
High-performance electrolyte solves battery puzzle
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
Can we get closer to such lighter and faster-charging batteries? The current generation of lithium ion batteries uses graphite as an anode, which has a relative...
New scavenger technology allows robots to 'eat' metal for energy
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
New research from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science is bridging the gap between these two fundamental technologies for ...
New hybrid material improves the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
States and companies worldwide are eagerly looking for new and sustainable technologies to achieve climate neutrality in every sector of society, ranging from t...
Diamonds shine in energy storage solution
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
Dr Haifei Zhan, from the QUT Centre for Materials Science, and his colleagues successfully modelled the mechanical energy storage and release capabilities of a ...
Stirling Convertor sets 14-year continuous operation milestone
Apr 21, 2020 (SPX)
As NASA seeks to learn more about the universe and our place in it, scientists and engineers are working on new Dynamic Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) to enab...
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